Thanks Will - that’s the thread I got the boat from. Sounds like they made lots of changes over the years of production. Mine is s two piece wooden mast and funky tiller attachment. It even came with a set of oars that look like they need to grow 1-2’ before they would be useful on the boat. I have to reverse a few “improvements” to the rigging from some non-sailing PO ( horn cleat for main sheet for example).
That sail package above was offered at 7.5x what I paid for whole thing. The advantage of a 2 piece mast is all rigging will slide under thwart and mast supports for transportation. I’ve pulled these last two parts and have rough sanded them for varnish. The gunnels are going to be tough to sand and finish. Might resort to a cleaner/brighter.
Les
I'd try a RO sander on the gunwales. The outside - top - and inside face would all be fair game for 80 grit in a powerful sander. Just keep the machine moving carefully and you can achieve a flatter surface. The tedious inner stuff would have to done by hand and or with a remover/brightener. Those faces won't show as well so I wouldn't spend a lot of time.
If you're going to use it as a tender, even temporarily, will you put some fender material on the rails?
It's a nice dinghy and at that length should be a very nice rowing or sailing boat.
